Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images More than a few eyebrows raised when the UFC announced that former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson would face rising star Paddy Pimblett in his return to action. Once considered a top contender in the division,…

Rodolfo Vieira vs. Armen Petrosyan Photo by Pedro Vilela/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC middleweights Rodolfo Vieira and Armen Petrosyan will finally face off Feb. 10 in Las Vegas, multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed to MMA Fighting. The UFC Vegas…

Giga Chikadze is not looking at Josh Emmett as being uniquely vulnerable ahead of their UFC 296 matchup next month. Emmett (18-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) enters the featherweight fight with Chikadze (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC), which takes place Dec. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las…

Ryan Garcia has admitted seven months after his seventh-round knockout loss to Gervonta Davis that he entered the ring that night with a rib injury. Davis landed a body shot to Garcia’s right side that sent Garcia to one knee in the seventh round. Garcia…

AUSTIN, Texas – Bobby Green isn’t convinced Paddy Pimblett actually wants the smoke. The longtime UFC lightweight somewhat brushed off Pimblett’s callout to fight. Bobby Green (31-14-1 MMA, 12-9-1 UFC) didn’t say no, but he also doubts Pimblett actually wants to fight him. “There’s no…

Ohara Davies will have to wait a few more weeks for his Golden Boy Promotions debut. A delay in his visa paperwork has forced the British contender to withdraw from this weekend’s planned interim WBA junior welterweight title fight versus Venezuela’s Ismael Barroso. The bout…

Owen Roddy sees Colby Covington as a tougher puzzle to solve for Leon Edwards than Kamaru Usman. Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) challenges Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) for the welterweight title in the UFC 296 main event on Dec. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in…

The words of Jamaine Ortiz were drowned out. Although he shouted as loud as he could, those who heard him gave the lightweight contender an incredulous look. Shakur Stevenson was heavily favored heading into his showdown against Edwin De Los Santos earlier this month. Winning…

Rising junior middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. will make a quick turnaround on Friday, December 29th, as it was announced today that he has been added to the Brick City Friday Fight Nights at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. GH3 Promotions and Prudential Center have…